on the field, and swarming with carnivorous creatures of diverse kinds, the Earth, O lord, presented a frightful aspect!  After the Bharata army had been reduced to a small remnant, the Pandavas, filled with delight in that dreadful battle began to despatch the Kauravas to Yama’s abode.  Meanwhile, the heroic and valiant son of Subala’s son very forcibly struck Sahadeva on the head with a lance.  Exceedingly agitated, O monarch, in consequence of the blow, Sahadeva sat down on the terrace of his car.  Beholding Sahadeva in that plight, the valiant Bhima, filled with rage, O Bharata, held the whole Kuru army in check.  With his cloth-yard shaft he pierced hundreds and thousands of hostile warriors, and having pierced them so, that chastier of foes uttered a leonine roar.  Frightened at that roar, all the followers of Shakuni, with their steeds and elephants, precipitately fled away in fear.  Beholding them broken, king Duryodhana said unto them, “Stop, ye Kshatriyas, unacquainted with morality!  Fight!  What is the use of flight?  That hero, who, without showing his back casteth away his life breath in battle, achieveth fame here and enjoyeth regions of bliss hereafter!” Thus exhorted by the king, the followers of Subala’s son once more advanced against the Pandavas, making death their goal.  Awful, O monarch, was the noise made by those rushing warriors, resembling that of the agitated ocean.  At this, the field of battle became agitated all around.  Beholding those followers of Subala’s son thus advancing in battle, the victorious Pandavas, O monarch, proceeded against them.  Comforted a little, the invincible Sahadeva, O monarch, pierced Shakuni with ten arrows and his steeds with three.  With the greatest ease he then cut off the bow of Subala’s son with a number of other arrows.  Invincible in battle, Shakuni, however, took up another bow and pierced Nakula with sixty arrows and then Bhimasena with seven.  Uluka also, O king, desirous of rescuing his sire in that engagement, pierced Bhima with seven arrows and Sahadeva with seventy.  Bhimasena in that encounter pierced Uluka with many keen arrows and Shakuni with four and sixty, and each of the other warriors who fought around them, with three arrows.  Struck by Bhimasena with shafts steeped in oil, the Kauravas, filled with rage in that battle, covered Sahadeva with showers of arrows like lightning-charged clouds pouring rain on a mountain-breast.  The heroic and valiant Sahadeva then, O monarch, cut off, with a broad-headed arrow, the head of Uluka as the latter advanced against him.  Slain by Sahadeva, Uluka, gladdening the Pandavas in that battle, fell down on the earth from his car, all his limbs bathed in blood.  Beholding his son slain, Shakuni, O Bharata, with voice choked with tears and drawing deep breaths, recollected the words of Vidura.  Having reflected for a moment with tearful eyes, Shakuni, breathing heavily, approached Sahadeva and pierced him with three arrows.  Baffling those arrows